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So, as previously mentioned, I went to that totally awesome Obama rally. The following is a bit long, but necessary. Here’s the stage I saw when I got there, 5 hours before it started. All standing from then on. There were a lot of very excited people, of course, and some Ron Paul supporters (I couldn’t tell if they were excited or pissed at the universe). (I’m sure it was both.) Once they let us in and we got a new place to stand, very close to the stage, we soon became bored, as the standing mob is want to…

OK, I’m not going to do a full post yet, but here’s a quick summary of my Friday: |1. Got to rally at 4:30. 2. Got great place to stand. 3. Obama comes out at 9:00 4. I decide Obama’s my man at 9:20 5. It’s over at 10 Here’s two quick pics from statesman.com, the ones I took will come with my big post. There were a lot of people, the crowd went beyond what you see two city blocks one way and one city block in the other. So you can better understand my awesome seat. This pic…

So, Chelsea Clinton came to UTD today and I went. If her Q & A session is at all indicitive of the kind of campaign Hillary is running, then put a fork in her cause she’s done. |Although she certainly hit all the high points: Fuck Bush, Hillarycare, Immigration reform, Energy, Higher Taxes, there was just no excitement, no energy. Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate policy discussion, but for God’s sake, don’t give me the campaign website spiel, I want something new! I put on pants for this! Or course, there’s always the flip side, Hillary’s opponent, Barack…

Well, it’s gonna be hard to describe this without sounding like a lunatic with lots of lunatic friends, but, this is the internet, so I was likely already some kind of “off”. Ok, so Rambusco, the Happy Apocolypse. The story begins in me and Albert’s seventh grade (2000): I was taking my morning shower, and this being my place of quiet reflection, I was wondering how I could recapture the fun I’d had two years ago playing the Pokemon Trading Card Game. (Great times, I still have my starting Ponyta.). The problem was Pokemon was expensive, as would be the…